Child s dining-chair



(No Model.)

W. T-. MILES. CHILDREN'S DINING CHAIR.

No. 275,508. v Patented Apr. 10,1883.

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. UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

WILLIAM T. MILES, OF WORCESTER, MASSACHUSETTS.

CHILDS DINING-CHAIR.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 275,508, dated April 10, 1883.

Application filed October 16, 1882. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, WILLIAM THOMAS MILES, a citizen of the United States, residing at Worcester, in the county of Worcester and State of Massachusetts, have invented a new and useful Dining-Chair for Childrens Use, (which, according to my knowledge and belief, has not been in public use for more than two years prior to this application,) of which the following is a specification.

The object of my invention is to provide a safe, neat, and compact seat for children at the dining-table.

In high dining-chairs as heretofore constructed the child is liable to push itself and the chair over, and many serious accidents have resulted in this way.

I attain the object proposed by the construction of a folding adjustable chair, as illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in which- Figure Us a side elevation of the chair in the proper position for use. Fig. 2 is a plan of the same; and Fig. 3 is a side elevation of the chair in position to seat the child, and the dotted lines represent the chair as folded up against thetable when not in use.

Similar letters refer to similar parts throughout the several views.

The chair is attached'to the leg of the table by means of the casting A, which is fitted to it and held by a screw or screws. The posts B arejointed to thelower part of the casting A at o. The pieces 0 are jointed to the posts B at a, and serve to support the seat D, which is jointed or pivoted to them at Z), and also to support the trout end of the arms E, which are attached to the upper end of them by metal links, the other end of the arms E being attached to the posts B at c by similar links. The back part of the seat is supported by the back being fastened or nailed upon it.

The chair is held in any desired position by the iron segments F, which are jointed to the posts B at a. These segments work one on each side of the table-leg, and have notches cut in their lower side which engage the pins or projections d on the casting A. The ends of the segments are held together by the bar H. The board G is clamped upon the table in any position that the size or safety of the child may require by turning the thumb-nuts e.

To operate the chair raise the segments F, when the chair will fall back to allow the child to be seated, when it can be pushed forward to any desired point, when the weight of the segments causes them to fall and look upon theprojections or pins d.

The seat, back, and arms are made of any textile fabric suitable for a folding chair of the ordinary construction.

By a slight modification in the construction of the chair wood or cane may be substituted for the textile fabric. The piece A may also be made of wood. 7

The chair may be attached to a pillar dining-table by a bracket dropping from the under side of it.

I am aware that prior to my invention high chairs have been attached to tables by clamps and straps, and also that boards similar to the one described have been attached to chairs to hold the child in them, and also as a table to hold playthings. I therefore do not claim the board G or the segments, F, as such; but

What I do claim as my invention, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, isy In a childs dinin g-chair, the combination of the casting A, the posts B, and the segments F, said casting A being fastened to the leg of a dining-table, for the purpose of supporting the chair, by means of the posts B, being jointed to the lower part of it, and also to allow the chair to be adjusted in any desired position by means of the segments F, engaging or looking upon the pins din the upper part of it, substantially as described, and for the purpose specified.

WILLIAM THOMAS MILES.

Witnesses:

A. H. WAITE, S. NEWTON. 

